Day to Day: Ranching is Hard Work

Cold Creek Ranch is a working ranch -- not a resort! The cow business is our mainstay. Planned activities can change in a moment if a fence breaks or a cow gets in trouble. We welcome people interested in a real Western experience to join our daily tasks, which might include:

riding, feeding, and shoeing horses

gathering, branding, and moving cattle

packing salt and checking water

roping and branding (in season)

clearing brush and checking fences

making jerky or prickly pear syrup (our favorite!)

shooting practice

dutch oven cooking

You can also hike and birdwatch or just sit on the porch and enjoy the weather -- see the "weather guarantee" included with our rates. You can learn about self-sufficiency. We live off the grid and are finishing up a water harvesting system to supply the irrigation needs for the brand new orchard and edible landscaping.

Off Ranch Activities There are a number of interesting day trips that can be made out from Cold Creek Ranch. Within a 2 1/2 hour drives there are: The Apache Reservation, Mt. Graham and its observatory, the largest copper mine in North America, The Catwalk in New Mexico, several hot springs, ghost towns and of course, Tombstone.